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Gold Coast coach Miron Bleiberg proved beyond doubt he is the king of spin after turning Sunday’s uninspiring 0-0 draw with Sydney into the catalyst for the cellar dwellers to climb the A-League ladder.

He’s unorthodox, outspoken and a colourful wordsmith with the media. Football pundits may be tipping his run as head coach of Gold Coast United to come to an abrupt end. But listen up homies. He’s Miron Bleiberg and he’s an A-League character we can’t afford to lose.

The much-anticipated buildup to the seventh season of the A-League culminated this morning at the season launch, and the message was literally spelt out by fans, players and coaches: ‘We Are Football.’

Okay, so the title is tongue-in-cheek. While I realise that the birth of the A-League certainly signalled a fresh and at times innovative approach to the game at club level, there were perhaps better ways to leave behind the era of the National Soccer League than by labelling it “old soccer”.

Colourful Gold Coast United coach Miron Bleiberg’s words usually get under Brisbane Roar’s skin. But Brisbane on Monday could only salute their A-League nemesis’ obvious gift of the gab following United’s shock preliminary final berth.

Gold Coast coach Miron Bleiberg has further turned up the heat on Melbourne Victory’s physical tactics by suggesting Ernie Merrick should follow his own lead with firebrand Steve Pantelidis and rehabilitate serial offenders.

There’s no doubt about Gold Coast United coach Miron Bleiberg’s value as a character of the A-League, and as a football journalist, I licked my lips in glee listening to his rant following the 2-0 loss to Melbourne Victory on Sunday. But sadly for him he’s got this one all wrong.